(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, Oct. 20 (Petra) – Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh on Wednesday said his government has no plans to reintroduce Covid-19 lockdowns and stressed that vaccination is the real guarantee to ward off any pandemic-related challenges or economic relapse.
"Neither the current epidemiological situation nor what we have achieved in terms of the turnout for vaccination and vaccine availability dictate today that we must return to any form of partial or blanket lockdowns," the prime minister said in a wide-ranging interview with the Jordan Television.
Khasawneh said the Kingdom's southern "Golden Triangle" region has been recording high arrivals of vaccinated tourists, noting that festivals help in revitalizing the economy provided that adherence to health safety protocols is ensured.
Speaking on other national affairs, Khasawneh said that the government will forward the recommendations of a royal committee tasked with modernizing political life to the parliament before the start of its next ordinary session.
He revealed that the government will propose partial and limited amendments to the constitution and other laws to ensure full consistency with the committee's suggestions.
Khasawneh said that the government is fully convinced that these outcomes reflect the vision of the majority of Jordanian society, and that they will bring a qualitative leap towards the better for the Kingdom, by expanding the participation of the grassroots and deepening true citizenship.
In addition to the royal committee's recommendations, the premier indicated that his government will put His Majesty the King's Discussion papers into action to bring about comprehensive development, propel economic growth and press ahead with administrative reform.
Speaking on political life, the prime minister said: "Today, people often wonder about the mechanism for ministers' selection and cabinet reshuffles. If there were party frameworks and blocs, it would have been possible to choose talents and people who can carry out these tasks."
He pointed: "Today, Jordan's partisan landscape does not give you many options and selection mechanisms, and therefore the choice is subject to a great deal of personal judgment. The choice may be right or otherwise, because it is not based on frameworks that can regulate the selection process."
With regard to Jordan's foreign relations, with the US in particular, the premier emphasized that the two countries maintain strategic ties that also serve pan-Arab issues, foremost of which is the Palestinian issue.
Khasawneh said that the Kingdom's relationship with Israel is dependent on the latter's commitment to the two-state solution, and its adherence not to undermine the status quo in Jerusalem's Muslim and Christian holy shrines that are under the Hashemite Custodianship.
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